Q. I have been on workers’ compensation since 1991. How long can I remain on it? I am 64 years old.
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Q. I am receiving workers’ compensation benefits through the Postal Service. I am considering the switch from OWCP to OPM (FERS). My concern is that I have been on OWCP since 1997 and am worried that all my cost-of-living adjustments would somehow not roll over and be figured into the Office of Personnel Management payments. Is there a way to get an accurate calculation of what my current benefits with OPM would be so that I can make an informed decision rather than trying to guess-timate? I called OPM and they told me they thought that the payments would be…
Q. I work for the Postal Service as a mail carrier under FERS. Due to an on-the-job injury, I am receiving workers’ compensation. Can I also get Social Security disability (it is already approved), while receiving workers’ comp?
Q. I retired with a disability CSRS retirement at age 52 with 33.3 years of service. I was on workers’ compensation for a bit, switched to a disability retirement and went back to school and started a new career. At age 56, I became earnings restored and was sent paperwork to apply for an immediate retirement. I did and my gross monthly annuity was reduced by $150 per month. The only answer I can get from the Office of Personnel Management is that they are calculated differently. Am I being penalized for retiring early on disability? Should it be calculated…
Q. I was injured on the job May 15. Due to injuries I sustained from a car accident in December, my doctors on June 7 deemed me indefinitely unable to return to work in the title that I’m employed in. My workers’ compensation case was accepted June 23. Can I apply for disability retirement for the car accident injury while out on workers’ compensation?
Q. Postal worker. CSRS retirement plan. Currently work full time limited duty with 20 percent permanent disability accepted by the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. Have new personal disability, cancer. Will be unable to work now. 33 years service. Age 53 in September. Do I seek CSRS disability retirement for my illness, or OWCP disability from my job injury? Are there other financial considerations I’m missing?
Q. I have an Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs claim on an injury sustained at work. My physician put me on restrictions for three months. My agency has not contacted me in over a week and I’m using sick leave while I wait on their job offer. If they are not able to offer me a job any time soon, could I submit for regular disability under FERS, and also Social Security. If I am not approved for disability, and a job offer is not given, then can I take a regular retirement with unreduced annuity and also get the…
Q. In 1998, I was injured and received benefits from the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. I left the agency and went to work for a different agency under FERS. As a result, I received a “loss of wage earning capacity” every month from the 1998 injury. In 2005, I received a disability retirement as a result of a different injury. Should my high-3 average have included the loss of wage-earning capacity I was receiving at the time of the disability application and approval?
Q. My father is on workers’ compensation. When he passes away, would my mother be able to receive survivor benefits or pull off of his retirement for any compensation? He was in air traffic controller for 17 years and left all of his money in the system. He is 82 years old.
Q. I was injured on the job in 1998. I applied for OPM disability retirement and Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. OPM was approved first. I took that. Later, OWCP was approved and I spent nine years on OWCP. After that ended, I went back to retirement. Later, I was rehired by the government as a disabled annuitant. Am I entitled to a restoration of rights (5 USC 8151) for that time spent on OWCP (this would add nine years to my federal record)? I now work for the VA but was injured at INS. Can I apply to have…